The Pan Book of Limericks

by Louis Untermeyer

Book Overview

Hardcover with dust jacket.1961 191p. 6.75x5.30x1.00 250 FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS LIMERICKS. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0330021125
• ISBN13: 9780330021128
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Pan
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Humor in Rhythms

Lots of Limericks, Light, Lusty and Lasting by Louis Untermeyer (Editor), R. Taylor (Illustrator; 90 black-and-white cartoons). Originally published, Doubleday, 1961. The limerick has a curious history and some say it is of Irish decent, but this is based on little evidence. It started out in innocence as nursery rhymes for children (Mother Goose). The first book of limericks 'The History of Sixteen Wonderful Old Women' was published in 1821. Although the term 'limerick' was never used. Edward Lear is still the master of this form of writing, in my opinion and he as well did not use the term 'limerick'. After Lear the limerick became extremely popular and was used on every topic imaginable-there were no limits to its use. This book is a collection of more than 250 famous and infamous limericks in these categories: Old Classics, Current Favorites, Tricks and Puzzles, Simply Ridiculous, Lightly Amatory, and Rollicking and Rowdy (these sections were considered unprintable).